Apple to Discontinue Original Homepod and Says It Will Focus Efforts on Homepod Mini 15 March 2021, by Kelly Tyko, Usa Today
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Apple to discontinue original HomePod and says it will focus efforts on HomePod mini 15 March 2021, by Kelly Tyko, Usa Today The new HomePod mini can access apps on the iPhone using Siri, such as calendar, messages, or Music. The speaker also features an intercom and the ability to send messages from HomePod Mini to any Apple device, even AirPods. The smart speaker incorporates computational audio, which applies tuning models to bolster its sound. When announcing the new speaker in November, Apple said it would add a feature recognizing when your iPhone is near so music can easily transfer from playing on iPhone to HomePod mini and trigger visual and haptic responses on the phone. In January, Apple posted record revenue of $111.4 Apple will discontinue its original HomePod four billion during its 2021 fiscal first quarter, a 21% years after first releasing the smart speaker. increase from the same period a year ago. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant says it The company reported selling more iPhones and will instead focus on its new and smaller HomePod iPads, and hit a new revenue high from its services, mini, which went on sale in November for $99. such as Apple TV+, from October through December 2020, as consumers got new devices "We are discontinuing the original HomePod, it will and used them more during the coronavirus continue to be available while supplies last through pandemic. the Apple Online Store, Apple Retail Stores and Apple Authorized Resellers," Apple said in a (c)2021 U.S. Today statement, reported by TechCrunch. "We are Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. focusing our efforts on HomePod mini." Apple didn't immediately respond Saturday to U.S. TODAY's request for comment. As of Saturday, the HomePod was selling for $299 on Apple's website with the mini available for $99. Apple first entered the smart speaker market in 2018 with the original HomePod, first priced at $349, but dogged by complaints that the speaker did little more than just play music. It was dwarfed by sales of Amazon's Echo, the No. 1 best-selling smart speaker, and what was originally called the Google Home. 1 / 2 APA citation: Apple to discontinue original HomePod and says it will focus efforts on HomePod mini (2021, March 15) retrieved 2 October 2021 from https://techxplore.com/news/2021-03-apple-discontinue- homepod-focus-efforts.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. 2 / 2 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).